The epic adventure of feudal Japan, its magnificent warriors and a love it would not allow.  All the conflict, adventure and intrigue of feudal Japan ...  A nation of violence, Samurai warriors ... and forbidden love.  Pilot-Major John Blackthorne (Richard Chamberlain), an English ship pilot, whose vessel wrecked upon the Japanese coast in the early seventeenth century is forced to deal with the two most powerful men in Japan in these days. He is thrown in the midst of a war between Lord Yoshi Toranaga (Toshirô Mifune) and Ishido (Nobuo Kaneko), who struggle for the title of "Shogun", which will give ultimate power to the one who possesses it.

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